The Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), the Critical Path Institute (C-Path) and TransCelerate BioPharma, Inc. (“TransCelerate”) today announce the open availability of new and updated CDISC Therapeutic Area (TA) Standards in the areas of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Virology, and Diabetes.
Category Archives: AZBio News
Arizona Bioscience Roadmap Report for 2015 Released
By the Numbers: Arizona bioscience job growth rate continues to outpace nation; Risk capital and university startups increase; Research dollars declineContinue reading
State Compacts Enable Quality Healthcare Delivery
Arizona has a shortage of healthcare professionals. Four bills at the Arizona Legislature are designed to help address the problem.Continue reading
Midwestern University’s Institute for Healthcare Innovation Majors in Clinical Trial Collaborations.
The Institute for Healthcare Innovation (IHI) at Midwestern University (MWU) provides biomedical companies, physicians, and veterinarians a clinical research and development resource for evaluating drugs, devices, diagnostics, nutritionals, and biologics.
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FDA Approvals Set All-Time High
2016 Healthcare Leadership Awards Finalists Announced
Meet the finalists for Healthcare Leadership Awards
Beyond DNA: TGen points the way to enhanced precision medicine with RNA sequencing
Deeper genetic analysis with RNA sequencing provides better diagnostics and treatments for patients with everything from cancer to deadly virusesContinue reading
Making LIFE Better: NYTimes chronicals the journey from the Jarvic 7 to the SynCardia Total Artificial Heart
Produced by Retro Report for The New York Times, A CHANGE OF HEART shows how the modern-day SynCardia Total Artificial Heart has come full circle from its origins as a permanent heart to successfully pioneering use as a bridge to transplant to a new FDA clinical study for permanent use. Watch the documentary and hear what this life-saving and life-changing innovation means to the most important person…a patient.
Dr. Roberta Diaz Brinton to lead Center for Innovation in Brain Science
The University of Arizona announced the appointment of Dr. Roberta Diaz Brinton as the inaugural director of the University of Arizona Health Sciences Center for Innovation in Brain Science. Effective May 9, Dr. Brinton will join the UA from the University of Southern California where she has served as the R. Pete Vanderveen Chair in Therapeutic Discovery and Development. Continue reading
TGen identifies ‘hypervirulent’ strain of strep outbreak in Arizona and the Southwest
The emm59 clone of group A Streptococcus is a deadly type of bacterial infection related to previous outbreak in CanadaContinue reading